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Previously on "BREAKING NEWS: A deal has been done"

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by meridian View Post
    Well, you know that I agree that £7bn a year is “really small beans in the grand scheme of things”.

    I’m glad you said it first, though... ;-)
    It’s small beans unlike £350 million (or is that £180 million) a week, which is about 500% of the country’s budget (or less than 3%).

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  • meridian
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    NHS goes through about half a billion a day so while it's not to be sneezed at it is really small beans in the grand scheme of things.
    Well, you know that I agree that £7bn a year is “really small beans in the grand scheme of things”.

    I’m glad you said it first, though... ;-)

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by meridian View Post
    Can we hurry up and sign off this great deal that Johnson negotiated for us?

    UK gives up GBP7bn windfall from European Investment Bank | News | The Sunday Times

    NHS goes through about half a billion a day so while it's not to be sneezed at it is really small beans in the grand scheme of things.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    One thing Brexit has revealed to me is the level of stupidity and delusion that exists in the British population.
    You could have gleaned the same nugget of information by looking at some of your old school report cards.

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  • meridian
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    Can we hurry up and sign off this great deal that Johnson negotiated for us?

    UK gives up GBP7bn windfall from European Investment Bank | News | The Sunday Times

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  • darmstadt
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    You don't want to risk being caught in possession of a non-EU passport, and we certainly don't want you deported back here...
    Tough titty tulip. I shall use my EU passport to travel and work freely around the EU and when entering the UK I shall use my GB passport, best of both worlds unlike some...

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    Why?
    You don't want to risk being caught in possession of a non-EU passport, and we certainly don't want you deported back here...

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by Cirrus View Post
    It's not quite as bad as you might think. Bear in mind that if you meet someone in the street there is a better than 50% chance they are not gullible, vulnerable and reckless.

    Although, sadly, it's not much above 50%
    It's actually 52% at the last count...

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  • darmstadt
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    I assume you intend to burn it then...?
    Why?

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  • Cirrus
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    Try to be positive.

    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    One thing Brexit has revealed to me is the level of stupidity and delusion that exists in the British population.
    It's not quite as bad as you might think. Bear in mind that if you meet someone in the street there is a better than 50% chance they are not gullible, vulnerable and reckless.

    Although, sadly, it's not much above 50%

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    I received a packet for the UK this week and I believe that Brexit has in fact happened. My new British passport no longer has the words 'European Union' on them....
    I assume you intend to burn it then...?

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  • darmstadt
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    I received a packet for the UK this week and I believe that Brexit has in fact happened. My new British passport no longer has the words 'European Union' on them....

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    One thing Brexit has revealed to me is the level of stupidity and delusion that exists in the British population.
    You were planning to emigrate weren't you? That should help...

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
    eyoop, Marvin's back
    Q.E.D.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
    eyoop, Marvin's back
    I was wondering why things had been more pleasant recently. That is about to change....

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